- Nov 20, 2012
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Hola!,
This is my first attempt to contribute something to the community. Basically you can find everything I write here somewhere else on the web or in some book - but exactly that is the problem. So I went through the best resources I could find and typed up this little guide. These settings will help to encyrpt your machine, prevent identifying, fingerprinting , and most importantly google tracking.
With a lot of the blackhatting that were doing, I think its really helpful to make your machine as close to invisible as possible when online.
* For those not wanting to use firefox, there is an alternative called Iceweasel. The same settings, configurations and plugins are cross compatible. Iceweasel is simply a re branded version of firefox download link: www[dot]sourceforge[dot]net/projects/iw4win/
Firefox Preferences:
Go to Firefox preferences and change these settings:
[Some of these are defaults already - Some of them may disable images / scripts]
About Config
Open up another window in firefox and type in "about:config" click the warning message. From here type the variables "browser.cache.disk.enable" into the search bar, and double click on the name to change the settings.
This is my first attempt to contribute something to the community. Basically you can find everything I write here somewhere else on the web or in some book - but exactly that is the problem. So I went through the best resources I could find and typed up this little guide. These settings will help to encyrpt your machine, prevent identifying, fingerprinting , and most importantly google tracking.
With a lot of the blackhatting that were doing, I think its really helpful to make your machine as close to invisible as possible when online.
* For those not wanting to use firefox, there is an alternative called Iceweasel. The same settings, configurations and plugins are cross compatible. Iceweasel is simply a re branded version of firefox download link: www[dot]sourceforge[dot]net/projects/iw4win/
Firefox Preferences:
Go to Firefox preferences and change these settings:
[Some of these are defaults already - Some of them may disable images / scripts]
Code:
"General"->"when Firefox starts"->"Show a blank page"
"General"->"save files to:"Downloads"
"Content"->check:"Block pop-up windows"
"Content"->uncheck:"Enable JavaScript" [optional - NoScript Add-on will block it anyway]
"Content"->"Fonts & Colors"->"Advanced"->"Serif":"Liberation Sans"
"Content"->"Fonts & Colors"->"Advanced"->"Sans-serif":"Liberation Sans"
"Content"->"Fonts & Colors"->"Advanced"->uncheck:"Allow pages to choose their own fonts"
"Content"->"Languages"->choose *only*:"en-us" [remove all others, if any]
"Applications"->choose:"Always ask" for every application - if not possible:choose:"Preview in Firefox/Nightly"
"Privacy"->"Tracking"->check:"Tell websites I do not want to be tracked"
"privacy"->"History"->"Firefox will:"Use custom settings for history"
"privacy"->"History"->uncheck:"Always use private browsing mode"
"privacy"->"History"->uncheck:"Remember my browsing and download history"
"privacy"->"History"->uncheck:"Remember search and form history"
"privacy"->"History"->uncheck:"Accept cookies from sites"
"privacy"->"History"->uncheck:"Accept third-party cookies"
"privacy"->"History"->check:"Clear history when Firefox/Nightly closes"
"privacy"->"History"->"settings":check all -> except:"Site Preferences"
[to enable cookies for certain trusted sites: use:"Exceptions" and paste URL of site and modify settings according to your preference. If you additionally use Cookie-Monster (Add-on) you need to uncheck "Block all cookies" in CM-Options]
"privacy"->"location bar"->"When using the location bar, suggest:"->choose:"Nothing"
"security"->check:"Warn me when sites try to install add-ons"
"security"->check:"Block reported attack sites"
"security"->check:"Block reported web forgeries"
"security"->"Passwords"->uncheck:"Remember passwords for sites"
"security"->"Passwords"->uncheck:"Use a master password"
"advanced"->"General"->"System Defaults"->uncheck:"Submit crash reports"
"advanced"->"General"->"System Defaults"->uncheck:"Submit performance data"
"advanced"->"Update"->check:"Automatically install updates"
"advanced"->"Update"->check:"Warn me if this will disable any of my add-ons"
"advanced"->"Update"->check:"Automatically update Search Engines"
"advanced"->"Encryption"->"Protocols"->check:"Use SSL 3.0"
"advanced"->"Encryption"->"Protocols"->check:"Use TLS 1.0"
"advanced"->"Encryption"->"Certificates"->"When a server requests my personal certificate"->check:"Ask me every time"About Config
Open up another window in firefox and type in "about:config" click the warning message. From here type the variables "browser.cache.disk.enable" into the search bar, and double click on the name to change the settings.
Code:
---disable browser cache:
browser.cache.disk.enable:false
browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl:false
browser.cache.offline.enable:false
browser.cache.memory.enable:false
browser.cache.disk.capacity:0
browser.cache.disk.smart_size.enabled:false
browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run:false
browser.cache.offline.capacity:0
dom.storage.default_quota:0
dom.storage.enabled:false
dom.indexedDB.enabled:false
dom.battery.enabled:false
---disable history & localization
browser.search.suggest.enabled:false
browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash:false
geo.enabled:false
---misc other tweaks:
keyword.enabled:false
network.dns.disablePrefetch:true -> very important if using TOR
network.dns.disablePrefetchFromHTTPS -> very important when using TOR
geo.enabled: false > turns off your geographical location
dom.disable_window_open_feature.menubar:true
dom.disable_window_open_feature.personalbar:true
dom.disable_window_open_feature.scrollbars:true
dom.disable_window_open_feature.toolbar:true
browser.identity.ssl_domain_display:1
browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled:false
browser.urlbar.trimURL:false
privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown:true
network.http.sendSecureXSiteReferrer:false
network.http.spdy.enabled:false ---> use http instead of google's spdy
plugins.click_to_play:true ---> also check each drop-down-menu under "preferences"->"content"
security.enable_tls_session_tickets:false ---> disable https-tracking
security.ssl.enable_false_start:true ---> disable https-tracking
extensions.blocklist.enabled:false ---> disble Mozilla's option to block/disable your addons remotely
webgl.disabled:true ---> disable WebGL
network.websocket.enabled:false ---> ***Tor Users: This is extremely important as it could blow your cover!
---make your browsing faster:
network.http.pipelining:true
network.http.pipelining.ssl:true
network.http.proxy.pipelining:true
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy:10
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server:10
network.http.max-connections-per-server:15
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests:15
network.http.redirection-limit:5
network.dns.disableIPv6:true
network.http.fast-fallback-to-IPv4:false
dom.popup_maximum Mine:10
network.prefetch-next:false
browser.backspace_action:0
browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo:5
browser.sessionhistory.max_entries:5
browser.sessionstore.max_windows_undo:1
browser.sessionstore.max_resumed_crashes:0
browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers:0
